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Yemen marked its National Day of Unification under tight security at the Air Force Academy after a bomb explosion, a day earlier, claimed the lives of those at the rehearsals. It is celebrated annually on the 22nd May to mark Read more
A suicide bomber, dressed in a military uniform, has killed at least 101 Yemeni soldiers on Monday when he blew himself during a military parade rehearsal. No one has claimed responsibility for this deadliest attack since President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi Read more
Bahrain has become the first country in the Gulf region to engage in a smart solar energy project after it signed a deal with Petra Solar, a specialized US company in providing reliable, cost effective smart energy solutions to the Read more
The fiscal year of 2011 has ended at a record high for the Kuwait petroleum Corporation (KPC) with all the challenges that the world’s economy is facing. It achieved a profit on one billion dinars ($3.58 billion) during the 2011 Read more
Political campaigns have come to an end in the run up of the first presidential elections in Egypt after the ousting of Housni Mubarak. All political parties and independent candidates are now banned from having public activities. The ban is Read more
Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence official, convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died Sunday of cancer, leaving several questions unanswered as to real authors of the criminal act. This death closes a chapter but it doesn’t close the Read more
It has clocked 45 years now since Israel took control of the Arab Eastern sector during the Six-Day War and celebrations were held all over the country especially in Jerusalem. The traditional flag march was held to commemorate the reunification Read more
Control over oil in the autonomous region of Kurdistan has been a push-and pull between the central government of Iraq and the autonomous government of the region. It has resulted to the freezing of oil exports from the region because Read more
Sudan has decided to release four foreigners that it has arrested in the contested areas after the intervention of Thabo Mbeki. They have been under Sudan’s detention for more than three weeks. They are accused of aiding their neighbours, South Read more
Saudi Arabia, the world’s major oil exporter & producer, is planning to build a new metro transit system in the capital Riyadh. An international tender has been launched by the Saudi authorities inviting “global consortia” to bid to provide “rolling Read more